Recent Update after even more recent neglect

Another update! I've been so busy in the last couple of weeks that I haven't had the time or the space to update my blog adaquately. However, the heat has gone off a tiny bit so I can update.

If I haven't already said, my film has been submitted with everything coming into place and everything going according to schedule.

The film looks reasonably satisfying, the pace is decent enough and the music is even better than I expected it to be! The funeral scene has to be the best scene in the film hands down, particularly due to the unusual score and the moody photography.

All isn't over however as there is the dilemma as to whether I should colour grade some of the shots I have. This is particularly important since some of it might clash with the funeral scene photos - footage I definitely DON'T want to colour grade.

There is also the problem with the sound. The narration track was shot very much so I could have one for the submission. (More time was taken up by painting in the Devil's tail in each frame so there was little time to devote to narration as other aspects as editing took marginally higher priority.) It's not perfect as Catherine rushed through the narration so much of the dialogue is lost. Coupled with the fact that the sound of passing traffic can be very clearly heard throughout, I have full intention of re-recording the lines. I have booked with Marissa to re-record the narration on Wednesday.

Generally speaking though, I'd be inclined to say that everything is going as planned.


On to Borderlines!

Final Week!

Last week of editing before the deadline...actually the last couple of hours! I've been so busy in the last four days I've had little to absolutely no time to update this recently. However, things have gone well and according to schedule.

Things went a little haphazardly as in the previous week, the availibility of the narrator varied. First I wanted Catherine Whittaker but then she wasn't availible when she said she would be and then when replacing her with Marissa she was availible but then she WASN'T so I asked another individual who then ALSO WASN'T availible and then THE HD CAMERA was being used by everyone (I checked! Trust me!) And then Catherine WAS availible! This was on Tuesday but I eventually did manage to get hold of the camera and shoot the narration. (Partly because I wanted for people to actually see the narrator. I MAY have to reshoot the narrator track just for the sake of framing for widescreen.

However, I've got the shots I wanted, I've got the titles I've wanted, I've got the music I wanted so all in all, everything's coming together as planned. Lack of complacency has done me well to keep things rolling! Despite being worried that I would be without something or other, I've got everything clicking into place as planned!

Now All that's left is to update this and trim the last of the material in the timeline. (plus exporting in quicktime and burning the DVD but that kind of goes without saying) This is still no time for complacency though!

Photo editing finished

Okay, recent developments; err...photo editing has been completed, the tail is in all the shots that it's required to appear in, the eyes of the minion are red as they should be and he has finally got claws.

Now its just a matter of uploading the photos to final cut. However, the real production process that makes me anxious is the process of sound, particularly the music and the narration. Of course I've had sound problems in the past but I'm thinking that maybe I should use the sound system on the HD camera just so I can have some visual references while editing.

Still, things are going to plan and editing should be relatively easy considering that I didn't have to do numerous takes as I would have done normally.